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A rainbow seen from Yavapai Point after a thunderstorm on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
With the onset of the summer monsoon season at Grand Canyon, expect scattered thunderstorms with an increasing chance of lightning.
If you are touring the canyon and thunder roars, go indoors, get to a shelter, building, vehicle with the windows closed, or a park shuttle bus, as quickly as possible! Do not wait until the last minute to seek shelter. .
More about lightning safety here > www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/lightning-danger.htm
Image alt: Just after a summer storm, the arc of a rainbow appears over a mile-deep canyon filled with colorful peaks and cliffs. NPS/M. Quinn
First light hitting the South Rim of the Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon National Park Arizona.
This was a very overcast morning, and looked to be a sunrise trek to Yavapai Point that wasn't going to produce any images.
Then some intense bursts of light broke though the dark thick cloud...
Canon 40D, EF24-105mm f/4L, 1/13 sec at f/22, ISO100, -2EV.
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai people and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters). Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While some aspects about the history of incision of the canyon are debated by geologists, several recent studies support the hypothesis that the Colorado River established its course through the area about 5 to 6 million years ago.Since that time, the Colorado River has driven the down-cutting of the tributaries and retreat of the cliffs, simultaneously deepening and widening the canyon.
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans, who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered
the Grand Canyon a holy site, and made pilgrimages to it.The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540
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The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 metres).Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists,[4] recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it.[8] The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540. ~ from Wikipedia
I know this is not my typical portrait, but my mom and sister came to visit this past week to help get my oldest daughter moved into her dorm room at college and we took a girl's trip to the Grand Canyon. Even though it is pretty much in my back yard, it never ceases to amaze me! We get the prettiest sunsets during our monsoon season too!
Sedona / Yavapai County, Arizona
Sedona's main attraction is its array of red sandstone formations. The formations appear to glow in brilliant orange and red when illuminated by the rising or setting sun. The red rocks form a popular backdrop for many activities, ranging from spiritual pursuits to the hundreds of hiking and mountain biking trails.
Sedona was named after Sedona Arabella Miller Schnebly (1877–1950), the wife of Theodore Carlton Schnebly, the city's first postmaster, who was celebrated for her hospitality and industriousness.[4] Her mother, Amanda Miller, claimed to have made the name up because "it sounded pretty
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la, Spanish: Gran Cañón), is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai Tribe and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters). Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests that the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago.
Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in the Hopi language) a holy site, and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.
Tuzigoot National Monument (Yavapai: ʼHaktlakva, Western Apache: Tú Digiz) preserves a 2- to 3-story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet (36 m) above the Verde River floodplain. The Tuzigoot Site is an elongated complex of stone masonry rooms that were built along the spine of a natural outcrop in the Verde Valley. The central rooms stand higher than the others and they appear to have served public functions. The pueblo has 110 rooms. The National Park Service currently administers 58 acres (23 ha), within an authorized boundary of 834 acres (338 ha).
Tuzigoot is Apache for "crooked water," from nearby Pecks Lake, a cutoff meander of the Verde River. The pueblo was built by the Sinagua people between 1125 and 1400 CE. Tuzigoot is the largest and best preserved of the many Sinagua pueblo ruins in the Verde Valley. The ruins at Tuzigoot incorporate very few doors; instead, the inhabitants used ladders accessed by trapdoor type openings in the roofs to enter each room.
At this site, remains of pithouses can be seen as well as petroglyphs, although the petroglyphs can be viewed only on certain days of the week.
The monument is on land once owned by United Verde/Phelps Dodge. The corporation sold the site to Yavapai County for $1 so that the excavation could be completed under the auspices of federal relief projects. The county in turn transferred the land to the federal government.
Tuzigoot was excavated from 1933 to 1935 by Louis Caywood and Edward Spicer of the University of Arizona, with funding from the federal Civil Works Administration and Works Project Administration. In 1935–1936, with additional federal funding, the ruins were prepared for public display, and a Pueblo Revival-style museum and visitor center was constructed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Tuzigoot Ruins as a U.S. National Monument on July 25, 1939. The Tuzigoot National Monument Archeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
The ruins are surrounded by the tailings pond of the former United Verde copper mine at Jerome. The tailings have recently been stabilized and revegetated.
(Wikipedia)
Tuzigoot National Monument ist eine Gedenkstätte vom Typ eines National Monuments im Yavapai County des US-Bundesstaats Arizona. Sie schützt ein großes Pueblo der Sinagua-Kultur aus dem 12. bis 14. Jahrhundert.
Das National Monument wurde 1939 gewidmet und wird vom National Park Service verwaltet. Die Fläche des Schutzgebietes beträgt knapp 20 ha, die von Spendern der Bundesregierung 1939 für das Schutzgebiet übereignet wurden, das von Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt ausgewiesen wurde. Die formelle Widmung umfasst etwa 3,2 km², davon werden aber nur die 5 % tatsächlich beansprucht, die dank der Spende in Bundesbesitz sind.
Der Name Tuzigoot stammt aus der Sprache der Apachen und bedeutet „geschwungenes“ oder „gekrümmtes Wasser“, nach dem mäandrierenden Lauf des Verde Rivers.
Die Sinagua-Kultur (nach Harold Colton aus spanisch: sin agua ohne Wasser) besiedelte das Tal des Verde Rivers in Zentral-Arizona ab der Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts. Sie entwickelte sich nach dem Ausbruch des Vulkans Sunset Crater in den Jahren 1064/65, dessen fruchtbare Vulkanasche die Voraussetzungen für Ackerbau in den überwiegend durch Halbwüsten geprägten Region verbesserten. Kulturelle Vorgänger waren die Hohokam-, die Anasazi- und die Mogollon-Kultur, deren unterschiedliche Einflüsse sich in der Sinagua-Kultur vermischten.
Das Pueblo von Tuzigoot wurde um 1125 begonnen. Es zieht sich über einen Grat aus Kalk- und Sandstein, etwa 35 Meter über dem Fluss. Wie andere Pueblos im Tal des Verde River bevorzugte man erhöhte Lagen, die sich gut verteidigen ließen. In der letzten Ausbaustufe Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts umfasste das Pueblo 110 Räume auf drei Stockwerken und wurde von über zweihundert Personen bewohnt. Die Bewohner bauten am Flussufer die drei typischen Nutzpflanzen des Südwestens an: Mais, Bohnen und Squash-Kürbis. Daneben wurden Jagen und Sammeln betrieben. Die Pueblos exportierten Salz und Baumwolle und führten Muschelschalen vom Golf von Californien ein. Um 1400 wurde das Pueblo aufgegeben, die Sinagua-Kultur ging unter. Als Gründe werden eine Veränderung der klimatischen Bedingungen oder Erschöpfung der Ackerböden durch Übernutzung diskutiert.
(Wikipedia)
Bright Angel Canyon runs up the middle of the photo. The Colorado River is just barely visible at a couple of spots.
Here's what our New Year's Day Sunset looked like from Yavapai Point on the South Rim - and - yes, park roads are still snow-packed and icy tonight and will be tomorrow as the storm clears. Dry weather and a gradual warming trend starts Saturday and continues into next week. NPS photo by Michael Quinn
To learn about winter visits to Grand Canyon go.nps.gov/fr6lp1
The almost full Snow Moon rising over Grand Canyon's Yavapai Point at sunset on Friday evening, February 26, 2021. The full moon reached its peak here at 1:17 am Saturday morning.
February 26, also marked the 102 anniversary of the establishment of Grand Canyon National Park.
Alt = a wide panoramic view showing the last red sunset light falling on the very tops of peaks and cliffs rising from the floor of a mile-deep canyon. NPS/K. Thomas
Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. Founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley, it is more than 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level. It is about 100 miles (160 km) north of Phoenix along State Route 89A between Sedona and Prescott. Supported in its heyday by rich copper mines, it was home to more than 10,000 people in the 1920s. As of the 2010 census, its population was 444.
The town owes its existence mainly to two ore bodies that formed about 1.75 billion years ago along a ring fault in the caldera of an undersea volcano. Tectonic plate movements, plate collisions, uplift, deposition, erosion, and other geologic processes eventually exposed the tip of one of the ore bodies and pushed the other close to the surface, both near Jerome. In the late 19th century, the United Verde Mine, developed by William A. Clark, extracted ore bearing copper, gold, silver, and other metals from the larger of the two. The United Verde Extension (UVX) Mine, owned by James Douglas, Jr., depended on the other huge deposit. In total, the copper deposits discovered in the vicinity of Jerome were among the richest ever found.
Jerome made news in 1917, when strikes involving the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) led to the expulsion at gunpoint of about 60 IWW members, who were loaded on a cattle car and shipped west. Production at the mines, always subject to fluctuations, boomed during World War I, fell thereafter, rose again, then fell again during and after the Great Depression. As the ore deposits ran out, the mines closed, and the population dwindled to fewer than 100 by the mid-1950s. Efforts to save the town from oblivion succeeded when residents turned to tourism and retail sales. Jerome became a National Historic Landmark in 1967. By the early 21st century, Jerome had art galleries, coffee houses, restaurants, a state park, and a local museum devoted to mining history.
(Wikipedia)
Jerome ist eine Stadt im Yavapai County im US-Bundesstaat Arizona. Jerome hat 343 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 16,5 km². Die Stadt wird von der Arizona State Route 89 tangiert und liegt ca. zwei Autostunden nördlich von Phoenix. In Jerome liegt außerdem der Jerome State Historic Park.
Jerome wurde am 8. März 1898 urkundlich eingetragen und nach Eugene Murray Jerome benannt, einem New Yorker Richter und Investor, der die Rechte an den Minen besaß, die er ab 1883 ausbeuten ließ. Jerome war ein Cousin von Jennie Churchill und steht damit in einem engen Verwandtschaftsverhältnis zu Winston Churchill, dem späteren Premierminister von England.
Es war 1875, als der berühmte Armeescout Al Sieber das Verde-Tal auf seinen Erkundungsritten durchstreifte. Als er die alten Gruben auf der Seite des Kleopatra-Hügels in den Mingus Mountains sah, erkannte er, dass sie Potenzial hätten und ließ 1876 seinen Anspruch (Claim) eintragen. Es dauerte nicht lange bis andere Schatzsucher seiner Route folgten. Angus McKinnon und M.A. Ruffner fixierten ihre Claims kurz danach. Eine weitere Schatzsucherin war Nora „Butter“ Brown, eine unternehmungslustige Frau, die in Jerome das erste Bordell eröffnete.
1883 kauften Agenten im Namen von Eugene Murray Jerome den drei Entdeckern ihre Rechte an den Claims für 15.500 Dollar ab. Der spätere Senator von Montana, William A. Clark pachtete 1888 die Abbaurechte, ein Jahr später kaufte er den Claim komplett auf und gründete die United Verde Copper Company. Die United Verde Mine produzierte schließlich über eine Milliarde Dollar in Kupfer, Gold und Silber.
Im Jahre 1912/1913 gründete „Rawhide“ Jimmy Douglas, als neuer Minenkönig die Little Daisy Mine.
Durch den Bergbau kam es aber zu unzähligen Bergrutschen. 1918 zerstörte ein Feuer 22 Meilen Minenschächte. Danach versuchte man mit Dynamit die Minenschächte wieder frei zu setzen. Durch die Explosionen gab es häufig kleine Erdbeben.
Der höchste Punkt des Kupferabbaus und der Gewinne war im Jahr 1929 erreicht. Als der Kupferpreis 1935 auf fünf Cent pro Pfund gefallen war, kaufte Phelps Dodge die Mine für 21 Millionen Dollar auf. Nur drei Jahre später (1938) wurde die Little Daisy Mine (als zweite Hauptmine) durch die zurückgehenden Gewinne und auch als Folge der großen Depression geschlossen.
Doch 1953 schloss die letzte Kupfermine in Jerome, die Phelps Dodge Mine. Ende der 1950er Jahre lebten noch etwa 50 Einwohner in der ehemals so großen Stadt. In ihrer Blütezeit 1929 besaß Jerome eine Bevölkerung von 15.000 Einwohnern, ein Krankenhaus, eine Schule, eine Highschool, ein Clubhaus, über 12 Bordelle und fast 100 Saloons.
Die Mine und ihr Umfeld wurde als Jerome State Historic Park unter Schutz gestellt. In den 1970er Jahren kamen Künstler, im nächsten Jahrzehnt Touristen in das Gebiet. 2009 wurde der Park aus Kostengründen geschlossen, obwohl er rund 7 Millionen Dollar pro Jahr einbrachte.
(Wikipedia)
An afternoon monsoonal storm dumps heavy rain down into the Grand Canyon in this view from Yavapai Point Geology Museum. I heard thunder and did exactly what you're not supposed to do: I drove towards where the lightning was. Armed with my new Lightning Trigger IV, I drove to Yavapai Point Geology Museum where there seemed to be occasional lightning strikes. As you can see, the lightning I found proved to be very dangerous and close, so I took shelter in the museum and pressed the camera on a tripod right up against the windows looking out over the canyon. I waited for the trigger to do its thing, and here is the best result I had. I didn't want to be a lightning rod so I was happy to have shelter in the museum!
The county is named after the Yavapai people, who were the principal inhabitants at the time that this area was annexed by the United States.
EN: Morning view against the sun from Yavapai Point.
DE: Morgenausblick gegen die Sonne vom Yavapai Point.
The last full moon of 2022, the Cold Moon, seen rising just before sunset from Yavapai Point. Around 5:30 pm on The last full moon of 2022, the Cold Moon, seen rising just before sunset from Yavapai Point. Around 5:30 pm on December 7. The moon blocked the view of the planet Mars, a rare lunar occultation of the Red Planet that lasted about an hour.
Yavapai Point, just east of the Geology Museum, is an excellent place to experience sunrise and sunset.
The overlook is located in between Grand Canyon Visitor Center and Grand Canyon Village and is accessed by taking the free westbound Kaibab Rim shuttle bus (Orange Route) from the South Rim Visitor Center. Details > go.nps.gov/K (682)
There is no one best place for watching sunrise or sunset along the rim of Grand Canyon; just good places and better places. Find a viewpoint that offers views both east and west.
This year's Sunrise/Sunset + Full Moon Times > go.nps.gov/sunset(5203).
Alt txt = As the last light of sunset is fading, a brilliant full moon is beginning to rise just above pink and fluffy winter clouds. Below the clouds, layer upon layer of colorful and stratified cliffs form the walls of the vast canyon." NPS Photo/M.Quinn
Yavapai and Western Apache Baskets: Similarities and Differences
Weavers of Yavapai and Western Apache close-coiled baskets use the same materials and construction techniques.
Willow or cottonwood are used for the three foundation rods of the basket coils and for the sewing elements that cover the coils. The black material is the exterior fiber of a martynia (devil's claw) pod.
Yavapai weavers use proportionately more martynia in their baskets than Western Apache weavers do, and they often use martynia as the background of a negative design, with the design motif in willow or cottonwood. The center of many Yavapai tray baskets is a star, either solid black or outlined in black.
This was taken on the same shoot as the shot previous to this in my stream.
It is 2 photos, taken with my Eos 5D and 24mm ts-e being used as a panoramic camera. I level the camera, then crank the lens all the way over to one side and take a shot, and then all the way over to the other side, and take another. It's best to keep the length of exposure down in order to have less correction to do if clouds move.
I processed the RAW files individually, stitched them in Photoshop and then tidied up the join.
Canon Eos 5D, 1 second (each exposure). ISO50, f22 on 24mm ts-e. 0.9 hard grad.